Burden of Desire
Burden of Desire

Author: Robert MacNeil

Publisher: Formac Publishing Company

Published: 2014-03-27

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1459503104

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Burden of Desire centres on the love triangle between bohemian Halifax south-end belle Julia Robertson, Dalhousie professor Stewart MacPherson, and young Anglican minister Peter Wentworth. Julia keeps a diary detailing her sexual fantasies, which she has with her at the moment of the blast that was the Halifax Explosion. She hides her diary in her coat, which is subsequently donated to a clothing drive for the individuals from the north end of the city who've list everything in the explosion. Peter discovers the diary and becomes fixated on its author, enlisting the help of his friend Stewart to find her. Burden of Desire explores the repression and expression of sexual desire at the time of the First World War. It also offers a compelling fictional account of the impact on Halifax society of the Halifax Explosion.

Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles

Author: Ellen Wood

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-05-16

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13:

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"Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles" is a novel about the power of will and the ways in which people determine their own fate. It spans three generations of Halliburton family, whose members are dealing with debt, seduction, murder, deception, and the constant threat of sinking below their class. The novel's heroine, the widowed Mrs. Halliburton is presented as a shining example of religiosity and righteousness, and the book follows her life from the moment she meets her future husband to the one in which she assists proudly to the success in the life of her three children, models of perfection, unlike the family of Halliburtons' cousins, the Dares, who suffer one scandal and disgrace after another.

Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles

Author: Mrs. Henry Wood

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13:

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Mrs. Henry Wood's 'Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles' is a classic Victorian novel that tells the story of a strong and determined widow, Mrs. Halliburton, who supports her family through hard work and faith in God, despite the many challenges she faces. In contrast, her cousins, the Dares, lead a dissolute lifestyle and face scandal and disgrace. The novel spans three generations and is filled with didactic passages about faith, hard work, and the working class.

The Devil behind the Surplice
The Devil behind the Surplice

Author: Wade Johnston

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1498242618

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Between 1548 and 1551, controversies over adiaphora, or indifferent matters, erupted in both Germany and England. Matthias Flacius Illyricus in Germany and John Hooper in England both refused to accept, among other things, the same liturgical vestment: the surplice. While Flacius' objections to the imperial liturgical requirements were largely contextual, because the vestments and rites were forced on the church and were part of a recatholicizing agenda, Hooper protested because he was convinced that disputed vestments and rites lacked a biblical basis. The Devil behind the Surplice demonstrates that, while Flacius fought to protect the reformation principle of justification by grace alone through faith alone, Hooper strove to defend the reformation principle that Scripture alone was the source and norm of Christian doctrine and practice. Ultimately, Flacius wanted more Elijahs, prophets to guide a faithful remnant, and Hooper wanted a new Josiah, a young reform king to purify the kingdom and strip it of idolatry.